More jobs than expected were created by private employers last month to lift the markets to a higher close with Dow soaring 127 points to 10,447.

Oclaro Inc. (Nasdaq: OCLR) will present at the Citi Technology Conference next Tuesday, September 7, 2010 sending the stock price soaring $1.89 to close at $13.11....

SeaChange International Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC) reversed year ago losses of a penny per share to post a profit of 11 cents per share but the results fell short of expectations and the company forecast disappointing current quarter results. The stock price...

Quiksilver Inc. (NYSE: ZQK) reported higher third quarter earnings of 6 cents per share compared with a penny per share last year but revenue fell to miss expectations sending the stock price down 47 cents to close at $3.63....

An upbeat jobs report lifted the markets higher during the midday with Dow gaining 85 points to 10,405.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's insurance regulator published detailed rules late on Sunday allowing insurers to invest in private equity and real estate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy appears to be trudging along, neither booming nor busting, growing steadily enough to diminish double-dip recession fears but not quickly enough to bring down unemployment.

LONDON (Reuters) - Debt levels that ran up ahead of the financial crisis have shown only a modest decline since and are likely to fall sharply in the coming years, a study said.

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said.

GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - The world economy is recovering moderately but still faces challenges such as the need for medium-term fiscal consolidation, the IMF's First Managing Director, John Lipsky, said on Sunday.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc removed a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Friday afternoon, a company spokesman said.

CHATHAM, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday weekend.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard is strongly tipped to form a new minority government within 48 hours, ending a fortnight-long political limbo with the backing of three kingmaker independents.

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will consider changes to details of its pension reform proposals but will not back down from the basic plan to raise the retirement age, top advisers to President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday.

ROME (Reuters) - Gianfranco Fini, the former ally of Silvio Berlusconi turned bitter rival, made a fierce attack on the Italian prime minister Sunday but said he would avoid steps that could trigger an early election. Fini, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, was expelled in July from the People of Freedom (PDL) party he set up with Berlusconi, leaving the government without a secure majority after months of increasing friction between the two.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The threat of Islamist attacks in Germany is growing as numbers of people returning from militant camps on the Afghan-Pakistan border rise, a senior police official said.

DOHA (Reuters) - Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Sunday.